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Say Goodbye to the Brightest Comet of 2025
A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...
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How to Watch the Rare 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Comet in October
The Oort Cloud comet — also known as the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — will be lighting up the sky starting Oct. 9 Stargazers will be able to witness a "once-in-a-lifetime" comet in the night sky this ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is from the Oort Cloud—the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects
like Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. This is unlike the so-called short-period comets, which do not visit the Oort Cloud and have ...
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‘Great Comet Of 2025’ Dazzles – Here Are The Best Photos
As an exceptionally long period (around 180,000 years) comet due to its highly elongated orbit, C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) likely came from the Oort Cloud, a sphere of comets around the solar system.
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Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 falls apart after rare encounter with the Sun
All that's left is a cloud of dust," Zhang said. Even though Comet ATLAS was only discovered over a year ago, its short life wasn’t in vain. Astronomers study Sun-grazing comets because they are ...